A weekend away

Friday morning I packed up our stuff and headed over to Aunt Peggy's to drop off Stasa and head to the airport for the girl's weekend in Chicago. Stasa hung out with Aunt Peggy for the day until Tom got off of work and then headed over to Aunt Kelly's for a slumber party with her and Finley. I have been told that Stasa was a good girl at both houses and is welcome back at any time.


Kelly took lots of pictures while Stasa was at her house and it looks like Finley was a huge fan of the Food Dropper.
Dinner:



Breakfast (see a pattern?):



And then they colored and played:





And went on a picnic lunch:




And had some quiet time:



Meanwhile we girls were living it up in Chicago, though the logistics were a bit of a mess. Our flight there on Friday was delayed due to weather (the monsoon) in Chicago, so Lesli and I ordered cocktails on the plane. We finally arrived in the Windy City only to find that our fabulous condo in the John Hancock building was out of power thanks to the owner neglecting his bills. So we were put up in another amazing condo for the night and went out to a low key dinner. Saturday we woke up, packed up and headed out to see Sex and the City 2. DO NOT WASTE YOUR MONEY ON THIS MOVIE. DO NOT. It was horrendous and awkward. After the movie we find out that our condo in the Hancock building still has no power and won't for the entire weekend. Anne gave the rental people a huge piece of her mind and got all of our money back, but we were homeless in Chicago and only had a couple of hours to find a new place to stay before we had to get ready for our fancy night out. After many, many inquiries we finally found a home at the Elysian: 2 adjoining master suites:




Then we got all fancied up for our dinner at Japonais.



Sunday morning we said our sad goodbyes to Julia, who had an early flight, and then headed down for brunch in the hotel. Then I was back home and was so happy to see Tom and Stasa. 

At the pool

Stasa really loves the pool and especially loves when they're filling it up so she can play with the hose. Unfortunately she loves the pool water a bit too much. So much she drank some and got a little sick. Although after talking to my friend, Julia, I think she might be getting her 2 year molars, too. I need to investigate tonight and see what's going on in the back of her mouth.


We usually have the baby pool all to ourselves.



And some of the big girl feeding herself with a bowl and spoon!

Just hanging with her "big sis"

I love that Geraldine sends me updates during the day of what Stasa's up to and I especially love when she sends pictures. Here's one of Stasa and Nia cheesing for the camera:

Painted piggies

Wednesday evening I decided it was time to manicure Stasa's fingernails and toenails since she was starting to resemble the cat. After I clipped her nails I thought it would be fun to make them a little fancy so I painted them with my favorite OPI shade: Koala Bear-y.

Memorial Day 2010

I had an engagement photo shoot in Old Town Alexandria in the morning on Memorial Day and then met up with Tom and Stasa at his parents' house for a barbecue lunch. It was hot hot H-O-T out, so we decided to strip Stasa down to her diaper and let her play with the garden hose to cool off. She was not a fan of the sprinkler at all and just wanted to wave the hose around by herself.

First trip to our pool

We joined the Sterling Golf Club swimming pool and Stasa and I went for our first dip on Sunday afternoon.


She loved climbing in and out of the lounge chairs.



We played in the baby pool for a couple of hours and she figured out how to climb out.




Tom and I took her back to the pool late Monday afternoon and tried playing in the big pool, but she wasn't interested in that at all. She was probably just grumpy from her late nap and it was a tad chilly with the wind. You know me though, I'll probably be at the pool all summer.

Picture Overload

grab a cup of coffee and take a seat, I think there are over 100 pictures in this post. 

Let's take a trip back in time to the day I left for Chicago for my work trip. Stasa entertained me while I worked from home, with only a little bit of crying.

I finally started moving around and taking pictures again the Monday after my surgery. So we went on a very short walk and then played upstairs.





Then on Wednesday, we played more and Stasa showed me where her belly, nose and head were, she played me a tune and made a building with Legos.





Finally, Thursday afternoon was H-O-T, so we dragged the baby pool out and splashed around with Stasa to cool off.



Okay, I do have some pictures from Memorial Day weekend, too, but I'll save those for another post.